Applicant Beijing dialed a wrong number in this appeal from the USPTO's refusal to register the mark LINGO BUS for "Providing access to databases; Providing internet chatrooms; Providing on-line forums for transmission of messages ...

John L. Welch's article titled "TTAB finds sales to single customer, although not substantial, sufficient to avoid abandonment of MOMBACHO for cigars" was published by World Trademark Review. Read more (subscription required).

MEET THE BLOGGERS is returning for the 14th (XIVth) time. Perhaps the best non-INTA event ever devised by woman or man, MTB XIV will be convened on Tuesday, May 22nd, 8:00 - 10:00 PM, at Garage Billiards, 1130 Broadway, Seattle.